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HARNESS SADDLE. (Application filed Nov. 23, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' CHARLES E. BROOKS, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAR NESS- SADD- LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 694,723, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed November 23, 1900. Serial No. 37.471 (No model.)

To alt whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Lynn, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Saddles,of which the following description, in connection with the accom panying drawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of saddles, to the end that a running back-band tree may be provided with a pair of skirts bearing saddle-pads having reinforcing-plates,and which skirts, pads,and plates are capable of being removed from the tree in assembled-condition, and adjustment is also provided for said assembled skirts, pads, and plates up and down the tree, those on one side independently of those on the other, and that said assembled skirts, pads, and plates may be very securely connected to the tree.

In accordance with this invention the tree is adapted to receive a running back-band, and a pair of independent skirts bearing saddie-pads are attached to the under side of said tree. shape and size and has the saddle-pad at tached to its underside. A reinforcing-plate is disposed contiguous the under side of the skirt, being placed between the skirt and pad.

The reinforcing-plates, skirts, and tree have holes through them, through which bolts pass to attach the assembled skirts, pads, and plates to the tree, and said plates and skirts also have holes through them for the terrets, which are located at one side of the tree, and said plates and skirts also have holes through them for bolts which connect said plates and skirts together. The metallic tree is formed as a channeled bar having an integrallyformed strap at each end to thereby form or present a loop or eye through which the running back-band passes. The reinforcingplate is made circular in shape and of a di-' ameter approximately the width of the skirt, and it is curved more or less to thereby conform to the shape which it is desired to give to the upper end portion of the skirt, and said plate is or may be made of metal.

Figure 1 shows in plan view a saddle em- Each skirt is made of any suitable bodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesaddle shown in Fig. 1, taken on thedotted line 2 2; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the reinforcing-plate. Fig. dis a crosssection of said reinforcing-plate,taken on the dotted line 4: 4. Fig. 5 is a detail showing in section the central portion of the tree and running back-band thereon.

CL represents the tree,which ,as herein shown, ismade of metal and is formed as a parallelsided channeled bar having an integrallyformed strap a at each end to present a loop or eye a for the running back-hand. The tree is provided at each end with a number of holes for the attaching-bolts, said holes being arranged in a row. To the under side of the tree two independent skirts b are attached, which maybe made of anysuitable shape and material, and tothe under side of the skirt b the saddle-pad is attached at its edges all around said skirt Z). The saddle pad comprises, essentially, the outside pieces b b and upholstery-b A circular plate cis provided, which is curved'niore or less, as represented in Fig. 4, and said plate is adapted to serve as a reinforcing-plateifor the skirt, and said plate is thereforeloeated contiguous the underside of said skirt 1), which it is proposed to reinforce, as represented in Fig. 2, being placed betweensaid'skirt and the saddle-pad, and said plate is made of a diameter approximately the widthof'the skirt. Thev circular plate 0, which is thus disposed on the under side of the skirt, is provided with apluralityot holes 2 2, which are disposed to register with corresponding holes in said skirt and also-with the holes in the tree, and bolts 01 pass through said holes in the tree, skirt, and-plate to thereby attach the skirt to the tree. The skirts may be adjusted up and down, the tree by using difierentholes in the tree. The circular plate c has also a hole 3 opposite a corresponding hole in said skirt, and a bolt (1 passes through said holes to thereby assist in holding'the re. inforcing-plate c in'proper position relative passes through said holes. The terret e is thus located in advance of or at one side of the tree and serves to attach the plate a to the skirt. The circular plate 0 is thus securely held in position with relation to the skirt, whether the skirt is attached to or removed from the tree, and it being disposed contiguous the under side of the skirt, which is made of leather and more or less flexible, serves to reinforce said skirt and also serves as a foundation-plate for assisting in attaching the skirt to the tree. The circular plate 0 will be formed or provided with projections 5, adjacent the several holes, which act to prevent the nuts on the bolts from turning, and also act in conjunction with the yielding pad to hold the nuts in proper place when the bolts are withdrawn-as, for instance, when the assembled skirt, pad, and plate is removed from the tree. Strapsf will be attached to the skirts.

g represents the running back-band,which is herein composed of two or more straps secured together, and the under strap is sl0t ted at g, and a stud g projects up from the tree, which enters said slot and serves tolimit the movement of said back-band in opposite ways.

It will be seen that by removing the bolts d the skirts, plates, and pads may be removed from the tree in assembled condition and also may be adjusted independently up anddown the tree.

I claim 1: A saddle composed of a tree adapted to receivearunuingback-band and having holes through it, skirts having saddle-pads attached thereto, reinforcing plates interposed between the skirts and saddle-pads, bolts passing through said plates and skirts, other bolts passing through said plates, skirts and tree, and terrets atone side of the tree passing through the skirts and plates, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a tree having a channel from end to end and loops or eyes a and. having the stud g projecting from the inner bottom Wall thereof, and a running backband contained in said channel and passing through said loops or eyes and having a slot for said stud 9 substantially as described.

3. The combination with a tree provided with a channel and a stud therein, of abackband running therein. composed of two or more straps secured together, the under strap provided with an elongated slot adapted to receive the stud to limit the movement of the back-band, the upper strap being imperferate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

B. J.N'OYES, II. B. DAVIS. 

